Hi Google Maps users, I hope this question is not off-topic for this list even though it is a bit unusual.
I am making an example mashup of my own Weather Forecast API with the Google Maps API (very beta, this will probably kill my little server so don't flame me if it is down when you try): http://worldwildweather.com/api_googlemaps You can read about the API here: http://worldwildweather.com/api I currently have HTTP based basic access authentication in my system which can be used to authenticate users when the service runs on my own server. Obviously this will not work when I make this available as a web API for mashups unless I require that all users get a username and password (which I won't). I have not been able to find any good solutions on the web (OAuth seems to be overkill since I do not have any secret user information on my servers but just want to track the servers serve mashups that include my services). My question is how the Google API key system works? You obviously send the key to Google when you include the Google Maps JavaScript API. But what happens then? How does Google check that the key corresponds to the domain name of the server (since it is not the server requesting the javascript but the user)? And would you recommend using such an authentication method and is it reasonably secure? Best regards, Jesper (newcomer to the world of Google Maps API) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
